Ta'ashur (Hebrew: תְּאַשּׁוּר, lit.
'Larch') is a moshav in southern Israel.
Located in the north-western Negev between Ofakim and Netivot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council and covers an area of around 1,200 dunams.
[1] The moshav was established in 1953 by Moroccan Jewish immigrants and refugees.
Its name is taken from the Book of Isaiah, specifically Isaiah 41:19: I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane-tree, and the larch together;[2]Two other nearby moshavim, Brosh (cypress) and Tidhar (plane-tree) take their name from this passage and the three of them are known as the Moshavei Yahdav (lit.